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The nurse is caring for a 24 year old female patient with systemic lupus erythematous (SLE). The nurse should include the following in the patient’s teaching plan: (Select all that apply)

Which data would a nurse consider least important during an assessment of skin integrity?

                Which prescribed intervention will the nurse implement first for a patient in the emergency department who is experiencing continuous tonic-clonic seizures?

During the neurologic assessment, the patient is unable to respond verbally to the nurse but cooperates with the nurse’s directions to move his hands and feet. The nurse will suspect

When administering medications to the patient with chronic gout, the nurse recognizes which drug is used as a treatment?

After providing morning care, the nurse notes that the intracranial pressure for a patient with a traumatic head injury has increased from 14 to 16 mm Hg. Which action should the nurse take first?

        Which refractive error describes the vision of a patient for whom nearby objects are clear but objects at a distance are blurred?

During assessment of a head-injured patient, the nurse notes that patient’s elbows, wrists, and fingers are flexed, and her arms are adducted.  The patient is demonstrating:

During a health interview the patient states she has the sensation that “everything around her is spinning.”  You know that the portion of ear responsible for this sensation is:

The Broca’s area is located in the Temporal lobe